| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)
| 1002 |
| Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005)
| No Order |
| Consequence of Sound (USA) - David Bowie's Top 70 Songs (2017)
| 8 |
| Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of the Top 40 Singles by Year (1981)
| 18 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s (and Recommended Listening) (2016)
| 201 |
| SportsAlcohol.com (USA) - The Top 32 David Bowie Songs (2016)
| 14 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Every David Bowie Single, Ranked (2016)
| 11 |
| WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015)
| 248 |
| Mark Ellingham (USA) - The Rough Guide Book of Playlists: 5,000 Songs You Must Download (2007)
| No Order |
| Mojo (UK) - David Bowie: The 100 Greatest Songs (2015)
| 11 |
| NME (UK) - Bowie: His Real Greatest Hits (2014)
| 15 |
| NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2014)
| 428 |
| Sounds (UK) - The 100 Best Singles of All Time (1986)
| 70 |
| XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010)
| No Order |
| Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Singles of the Year 1970-98 (1999)
| 18 |
| Theater van het Sentiment, Radio 2 (NL) - Top 40 Songs by Year 1969-2000 (2013)
| 29 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 101 Best David Bowie Songs (2016)
| 14 |
| Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013)
| No Order |
| Rolling Stone (Spain) - The 30 Best David Bowie Songs (2013)
| 22 |
| Peter Holmes, The Sun-Herald (Australia) - 100 Best Songs of All Time (2003)
| 37 |